Sentences with phrase «junk bond sector»

Can more juice get squeezed out of the junk bond sector?

If and when the Fed raises interest rates, the junk bond sector will be negatively impacted relatively more than less risky bonds.

On the table for discussion is the recent and massive sell - off in the junk bond sector.

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This caused the default rate for broadcast & media junk bonds to spike to 20 %, from 3.7 %, and it caused the default rate for leveraged loans in the sector to spike to 16 %, according to Fitch Ratings, which added soothingly:

That's left a lot of junk bond fund managers with plenty of exposure to the energy sector at a time when oil prices have crashed and defaults, particularly among fracking companies, are rising.

Four of the top 10 funds in terms of inflows from Oct. 7 - 13 came from the bond sector, and two of them were focused on high - yield, or junk.

The energy and materials sectors of the bond markets have been a real drag on performance on the junk bond markets as bond prices have fallen.

Some of those risks include general economic risk, geopolitical risk, commodity - price volatility, counterparty and settlement risk, currency risk, derivatives risk, emerging markets risk, foreign securities risk, high - yield bond exposure, noninvestment - grade bond exposure commonly known as «junk bonds,» index investing risk, industry concentration risk, leveraging risk, market risk, prepayment risk, liquidity risk, real estate investment risk, sector risk, short sales risk, temporary defensive positions, and large cash positions.

While the High Yield US Corporate Bond ETF appears to be a slightly interesting unique product for an investor looking into junk bonds, it is hard to get excited about the rest of BMO's new ETFs — iShares CDN Short Bond Index ETF (XSB) already provides exposure to short - term bonds and Claymore has the sector ETFs covered.

The energy sector alone has $ 248 billion in junk bond debt — some of the riskiest debt there is!

That is why «less than investment grade» or «junk bonds» are commonly called the «high yield» sector of the bond market.